Anticipating aerial strikes in the form of microlight and unmanned aircraft this year during the Republic Day Parade,
the Delhi Police in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Civil Aviation,
have established several Air Observation Posts in and around the city.

The Capital is virtually under siege owing to the unprecedented security for the Republic Day.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

Cong continues to flip-flop on MCD pollNew Delhi, January 21
The tug of war between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party over the schedule of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections entered the final phase with the Delhi Minister in charge of elections, Mr Deep Chand Bandhu, meeting the Lt-Governor, Mr Vijai Kapoor, and urging him to announce an early date for the civic polls.

New Delhi, January 21
The teachings of Guru Gobind Singh about ‘shakti’ and ‘bhakti’
still hold good for society, and the government is attempting to
use these principles to deal with the situation on the Indo-Pak
border, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said here
today.

A bedecked interior of a gurdwara on the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.
— Tribune Photo

Mewat: Bringing girls out of closetNuh (Gurgaon), January 21
The Haryana Government will set up three hostels for girls in Mewat. The work will be undertaken by the Mewat Development Agency, with financial assistance from the Centre and the Rome-based International Fund for Agriculture Development.

NCERT unveils new syllabi to restore ‘balance’New Delhi, January 21
After a long gestation, the new syllabi for classes I to XII have finally been released by the NCERT. The new courses have been prepared strictly in conformity with the stipulations of the National Policy on Education, 1986, according to a release.

Senior leader of the Delhi Congress Rajesh Yadav on Sunday demanded that the government should scrap house tax on the 26 square metre dwelling units and include the house tax issue in the Congress manifesto for the next month’s municipal elections.

Senior Congress leaders at a reception to congratulate Rajesh Yadav (third from left) on his becoming secretary of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee in the Capital on Sunday.

MLAs to get
lessons in House
procedureNew Delhi, January 21
A two-day orientation programme for legislators and middle-level officers of the Delhi Assembly, aimed at making them conversant with the intricacies of parliamentary procedure, gets underway tomorrow.

‘Social service gives me enormous satisfaction’Fifty-two-year old Harmanjit Singh combines business, education and politics in his everyday life and perhaps this is the recipe for his success. From an employee in a Sadar Bazar shop to the chairman of Khalsa College and the Vice-President of the Shrimoni Akali Dal (Badal), he has come a long way.

Harmanjit Singh, the Chairman of Khalsa College and the vice-president of the Shrimoni Akali Dal (Badal).

More trains on Delhi-Gurgaon section promisedGurgaon, January 21
The train services from Delhi to Gurgaon and from Delhi to Rewari and to Mahendragarh are expected to improve in the next financial year, according to local MP Dr Sudha Yadav.

DVB making light of
Anand Lok woesNew Delhi, January 21
Big, beautiful houses. Trees almost everywhere. The parks, lush green, absolutely spick and span. South Delhi’s posh Anand Lok residential complex is indeed beautiful. But the beauty is seen only during the day. Night falls and nothing’s clear to the eye.

Girls with samovar (traditional kettle) on the tableau of Jammu and Kashmir at the press preview of the Republic Day parade in the Capital on Monday.
— Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

33 kv grid
substation commissionedNew Delhi, January 21
A 33 kilovolt grid substation was commissioned today by the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
for the Delhi Vidyut Board in East Delhi. “With the setting up of the substation in Krishna Nagar, around 40 megawatt of additional power will be available to this area,” a statement said.

Labour
Welfare
Board
constitutedNew Delhi, January 21
A 12-member Delhi Labour Welfare Board was constituted today to address the needs of industrial workers employed in factories across the National Capital Territory. It would have a corpus made up of contributions by employees, employers and administrator of the board and unpaid accumulations that have not been claimed.

NCR BRIEFSTotal polio immunisation by JulyJhajjar, January 21
The Ayurvedic and Medical Education Minister, Mr M. L. Ranga, today launched the second phase of polio immunisation programme by administering polio drops at the slum area in Bahadurgarh town of the district today.

3 cheat 240 job aspirants of Rs 3.36 crNew Delhi, January 21
With the arrest of three persons, the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police today claimed to have unearthed a racket of manpower recruitment.
The ‘agents’ had been duping innocent people on the pretext of sending them abroad for various jobs.

Industries
struggling to take off in SonepatSonepat, January 21
The industrial complex in the city has all the potential of becoming the
industrial nerve centre of the state. It houses diverse units of large,
medium and small-scale industries manufacturing bicycles, bicycle parts,
auto-mobile parts, electric transformers, electric lamps, steel billets,
tools, steel tubes, dehydrated vegetables, vanaspati, desi ghee etc.

PGI docs complain
of low salaryRohtak, January 21
Resentment prevailed among members of the Resident Doctors’ Association
of Pt B D Sharma PGIMS here against the “callous and discriminatory” attitude of the state government towards the community.

Kunjarani: In a dope and dollar dilemmaNew Delhi, January 21
Ace woman weightlifter Kunjarani Devi is an extremely disheartened sportsperson now. She feels let down by the powers-that-be in her hour of crisis. And she also feels, perhaps justifiably so, that all her hard toil with the iron bar to bring laurels to the country, has been ground to dust in one stroke.
Winner of more than 50 medals of all hues in various World
Championships, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games—with 21 medals
coming from the World Championships alone—Kunjarani was ranked among
the “greatest five lifters of the century”.

Hindustan prevail over City in DSA LeagueNew Delhi, January 21
Last year’s runners-up Allwyn-Hindustan Football Club scored a hard fought 1-0 victory against former champions City Football Club in a crucial group-A preliminary league match of the Delhi Soccer Association
(DSA)-SAIL Senior Division Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital on Monday.

Union Academy race to 14-0 victory in Nehru HockeyNew Delhi, January 21
Tall-scoring matches were the order of the day, with Union Academy Senior Secondary School, Delhi taking the cake, when they inflicted a crushing 14-0 defeat on Bhonsala Military School, Nasik
(Maharashtra) in the 30th Nehru-Nestle Junior Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium in the Capital on Monday.

Mukesh Kumar favourite in ProGolf tournamentNew Delhi, January 21
India’s top-ranked golfer Mukesh Kumar will prove to be a major spoke in the wheel of a star-studded field when the
HT-ProGolf 2002 commences at the par-72, 7343-yard Jaypee Greens Golf Course in the Capital on Tuesday.

Rashi Winter Golf on Jan 25New Delhi, January 21
Rashi Entertainment, a proven name in the field of entertainment, will hold a ‘Winter Golf 2002’ at the Golden Greens and Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon on January 25.
Rashi Entertainment has joined hands with leading woman’s magazine, Woman’s Era and India Tourism Development Corporation, to organise the Winter Golf.

Zakir
Husain, Ram Lal Anand in semi-finalsNew Delhi, January 21
Hosts Zakir Husain College and last year’s runners-up Ram Lal Anand College (Morning and Evening) will meet in the first semi-final of the 15th Zakir Husain Memorial Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital on Tuesday.